THE CRUPPER-STRAP AND CRUPPER. 189 



THE CRUPPER-STRAP. 



THE CRUPPER-STRAP measures from the buckle to the 

 saddle about seventeen inches. The length of the crup- 

 per-strap to the saddle is about forty-three inches. The 

 width is about one and one-sixteenth inches. One end of 

 this strap is sewed to the top part of the flat portion of the 

 crupper and the other is carried through the D in the back 

 of the saddle from the under side ; thence through a keeper 

 near the saddle and through one in front of the buckle, and 

 the point being secured, the end is held in place by three 

 keepers about two and a half inches apart. On some har- 

 ness the keeper near the saddle is snugly held in place 

 against the pad by means of a strap sewed to the under side 

 of the keeper and passed through the D and inserted in the 

 buckle attached to the top part of the keeper. 



FIG. 72. 

 THE CRUPPER. 



THE CRUPPER is a piece of leather which at the point of 

 passing under the horse's tail is rounded and heavily stuffed 

 to prevent chafing. It measures about six inches in circum- 

 ference in the thickest part. The two ends diminish in thick- 

 ness as they are carried up over the back forming a V, 

 measuring from the inside of the rounded part to the end 

 of the split about thirteen inches. The flat portion extends 

 under the crupper-strap to a point in front of the buckle. 

 The crupper should be made of one piece of leather, and 

 preferably have no buckles. 



